Ever heard a science fact that made you say, “No way, that can’t be true!”? Well, prepare to be amazed. From strange animal ...

Residents should tell the Iowa Department of Education to stop its effort to inject private beliefs into science standards, writes Bruce Lear.

Biology, chemistry, physics, and other natural sciences are part of our educations from a young age. Whether we remember much ...

"Facts do not provide common ground because the facts of “the other side” do not seem like facts—they seem fake," writes Kurt ...

Regardless, it will take some time before nutrition facts—physical or otherwise—are legally required for alcohol. After an ...

In terms of helping to convince people that information is true and trustworthy, “fact-checking does work”, says Sander van der Linden, a social psychologist at the University of Cambridge, UK, who ...

That trek to challenge online falsehoods and misinformation got a little harder this week, when Facebook’s parent company Meta announced plans to scrap the platform’s fact-checking programme ...

The very platforms that connect billions of people are becoming pipelines of unchecked falsehoods. Scientists can be ...

The decision last week by Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, to immediately stop using “fact ...

Health is like wealth; it is unequally distributed, said Dr Kasisomayajula Viswanath, a professor of health communication at ...

Fact-checkers say they are set to take a major financial hit after Meta decided to adopt a community-notes like approach to content moderation on their platforms.